MediaChips
Redesigned the meta list.
Now there will be no division into complex and simple meta.
Complex meta and simple meta with type “array” are now combined.
I think you’re already confused and that’s why I decided to simplify the meta.
And also the application will now be more minimalistic and not so full of colors.
But you can still change the colors to your liking.
This is just a small change along the way, transferring the database to SQLite and the self-hosted version.
Streaming video to a remote device is already available. Works even with large files of about 10GB.
You can see the metadata added to the video.
In the settings, added a table of assigned meta to a specific type of media. So far, this is just for clarity.
I also want to show you what I have been working on most of the time and the design of the database is not finished yet.
The dark model is the project, and the white is the already used database. It looks pretty confusing.
I want to share my news and thoughts with you.
First, some good news:
The app has been added to the Microsoft store.
https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9NFFJ2PVXS6C
The Microsoft version does not have a parsing function for performers from adult sites.
If you buy the application from the store, then I can send you a free key for the version from the official website of the application, which has all the functions.
Also, unfortunately, it will never be added to the Apple store. Apple didn’t even accept my developer profile.
It has been about a month since the filing date.
Despite all of the above, I will come back to signing the application later.
Now I want to focus on developing features.
Some technical details:
Although I previously wrote that the database in JSON files can support a huge amount of videos, I want to transfer it to SQLite.
With this solution, I will be sure that users will not experience a performance loss with a huge number of database records.
It is also needed to add each image to the database, and not in folders or archives as I wanted to do earlier.
Since I want to switch to the SQLite database, I began to consider a way to support two versions of the application at the same time: for desktops and for servers (self-hosted).
It turned out that for this I did not have to spend a lot of effort.
But first, I need to transfer the entire application to the self-hosted version and then connect the desktop version to it.
And it will take quite a long time. In addition, I want to add support for images and other file formats in parallel.
Thanks to everyone who uses the application and supports it.
Recently, I have been mainly working on adding the application to the Microsoft store and, apparently, work there for another week. Because I will have to isolate some of the features into separate free plugins. For legal reasons.
I will try to make their use as convenient as possible. Most likely it will be something like download the archive, drop it into a folder, then press the button in the application. And that’s all. Plugin code will also be available on GitHub.
I also slightly embellished the home page and downloads page.
So far, I have suspended work on adding pictures. First, I’ll add support for movies. It turned out to be easier than I thought, and this is because I made a system for adding metadata.
In other words, movies are the same meta data that you can add to any video file (and in the future to any other media files, be it a picture or text). This will allow you to create a movie library to which you can add bonus content, cut scenes, etc.
I think it will be easier to use than in words.
Most likely the next release will be released in November.
*experimental function, to see it you need to activate the option in the settings.
I’ve added a new page called Files where you can view your local files.
And of course you can view the images, because that’s what this page was created for.
To see it, you need to enable the “Show experimental features” option in the settings, on the application tab.
So far this is slow, but I hope I can optimize it.
